VFDPrim
Member
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2014
- Posts
- 37
- Reaction score
- 4
- Ram Year
- 1998
- Engine
- 5.9
Issue.
I have a squeak or chirping sound when taking off in my truck. this only happens when going forward. going in reverse makes no sound. I don't know if it continues to squeak when going at faster speeds as the pitch may just be too high for me to hear. I don't notice it as much when I'm slowing down to a stop.
It's not coming from the engine as that makes no sounds that it shouldn't when running. I have recently tried to fix the issues by doing the things below. I have not tried the truck in 4x4 since before the noises started as I don't want to take a chance of making anything worse.
I thought it was coming from the rear before however after changing the bearings I'm sure everything at least in the drive line is correct in the rear end at least.
Truck
98 dodge ram 1500
4x4 5.9 engine
recently fixed
upper and lower ball joints on the front
new breaks all around
new back bearings and one new axle shaft
front U joints fixed (within 2 years and are in good shape still)
known issues
one leaking seal on driver front axle (started after ball joints were fixed)
does not change gears right away on slow take-offs every now and then
thanks for any help or suggestions on where to start to look in advance.
I have a squeak or chirping sound when taking off in my truck. this only happens when going forward. going in reverse makes no sound. I don't know if it continues to squeak when going at faster speeds as the pitch may just be too high for me to hear. I don't notice it as much when I'm slowing down to a stop.
It's not coming from the engine as that makes no sounds that it shouldn't when running. I have recently tried to fix the issues by doing the things below. I have not tried the truck in 4x4 since before the noises started as I don't want to take a chance of making anything worse.
I thought it was coming from the rear before however after changing the bearings I'm sure everything at least in the drive line is correct in the rear end at least.
Truck
98 dodge ram 1500
4x4 5.9 engine
recently fixed
upper and lower ball joints on the front
new breaks all around
new back bearings and one new axle shaft
front U joints fixed (within 2 years and are in good shape still)
known issues
one leaking seal on driver front axle (started after ball joints were fixed)
does not change gears right away on slow take-offs every now and then
thanks for any help or suggestions on where to start to look in advance.
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